Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-11-17

win i.S up!d, Nii!t paved .slrr. uaac
n hidcous contrast 10 Parsons as
sumption q! be halu Oi the martyr.
Fischer WAS head and shoulder, taller
than the other three. making has only
orca ~iounl loo>s 90 TOO evident bray
ado more not icablc than they might
% herNi,e have been. "a sorry di~ud-
vantage. compared with the -tca' Y
GOODNESS OF - e.. The latter, eNhib-
ition oi quiet nerve far surpassed. a.
"a wonder, Ire dcmcanor OF any vi ms
comrade-. -Four bury deputies, stand
ins To he rear of the ron,leiDned men.
began to adjust therop-s. SPIES moose
beng tine One first placed. l1e did not
appear to regard II oi any more con-
sequence than "a new linen collar. The
knot WAS slipped down the cord close
against his neck. spies dld not show
IL trenor. bat when the same process
VAS being carried out with Fischer. he
turned aud quie.ly whispered to the
bnIliil some suggest ion concerning the
rope. FisclIers occasional ar,lOr
was quite not lcdbiy lc~~eued when he
felt the hempen strand, aud Ens,.l bit
his under lip hard when his iniecame
just then Dr. Murphy, a young ply Sic
ian standing back of Engel. Whisper
lnI!y cracked a Joke at Engel's ear
Incredible ~ n may seem. the low
proved anar hist laughed outright.
with the rope around his neck, and
while another was being fastened on
Parsons 10y his side. But the gro
te>que laugh stopped IN II single in
slant, and Parsons, mecsiy 81 saint.
cast his eyes upward at the dangling
line above his head. Before tie four
anarchists had an inklins of VIVA was
! tn be done the white caps were deity
slipped upon their heads and drawn
quickly down to their neckS. shutting
OF, the view oi each n completely and
with less warning than does the cam
era cloth OF the photographic
August Spe. was the first al the four
doomed men To use his wits, while he
could. Ia n tone oi the most intense bit
tcrnrsS ri spirit. he. the mnn vino wrote
the famous revenge circular. Missed out
between his tightly clenchei teeth: There
will come n time when our silence will be
more powerful than the voices they arr
-iransling to death" The last syllable ri
spies concluding words. hoarSe with sup
pressed passion. had not reached an cad.
when tngcl, raising hIs voirr, " idly cried.
"iiurrah for anarchy, hurrah' Fischer
caught the iie ri utteranct, and still
more loudly cxcai.nrd, "iIurrah for am
archy.h adding This is the happi, st
moment al my life. There wa- "a silence
like the .ravr, broken abratiy by tn. slow.
measured intunation ri Parsons, like a
whte-robed priest before the alter ~ sacri-
hcc. not as n dyi D. request. bat ra'h r iat
u command. or warning. he sounded fpith:
May lie allowed to speak Then with
u SLOW entreaty came, viii you let me
speak, Sheriff Ma,snn!' There was an
other agonizins pause. and through the
.hroud broke uat la mul.i,!. hollow az
cr"ls Let the voice oi the pcoiile lie
n-ard!" y crash. a. of "a failing house.
thundered through the corridors. the
slender ropes were taut in fuii view Of 2OD
men. Ia front were fuur white writing
shruids. the RUPEES could hr SEGA slowly
tight ing about tine nrc!is hat between the
cap aud shroud cou.d Ia noticed blacken-
ing and purplns When the pu-r beats Of
AN had beeo.ne imp ,rccptibie which was
about l2:lU O'Clock, the physicians sat
down and the bodies svung fark aud forth.
nic the deputies stood above them. At
l2:2U ~pir body was eat down aud II
was lound that his neck Was not broken
Fischer n"ck WAS not hruk n, bot /. gel =
i...s.s-i. -, s:....I
cred. Ptrsou- was str,nsl-d. thr shock
of the iuii i,.une consp.r.ns to reader HIM
insens:b,e.